There is no question that the 9/11 first responders were screwed over.

1. Anyone in construction can tell you that dust and debris from demolition pretty much anywhere is toxic and prolonged exposure will f*ck you up pretty badly.2 No effort was made to convey this information to first responders.3. Afterwards, when the predictable health problems started, these people were tossed aside like used toilet paper. The funds that were set up to help them had requirements so strict that very few of them got any help at all. It was basically for show. Far too many have died as a direct result of those health problems.4. It was so bad that Michael Moore took a handful of them to Cuba where they were greeted as the heroes that they were and received free medical care.

It was so bad that Michael Moore took a handful of them to Cuba where they were greeted as the heroes that they were and received free medical care.

I think it's disgusting, the fact that other nations including our "foes" have a higher level of respect for people like this and even our military vets than this nation does. . . but everything here is seen as disposable, use it for as long as you need it and then throw it away.

I think we need to throw away a whole bunch of politicians. . . the system is broke and needs to be retooled.

It is heinous, an affront to anyone with a sense of decency that those brave first-responders and volunteers by lied to about the dangers of exposure, and even worse that their illnesses go untreated or under-treated.